I wonder when the next election in the Philippines is.. Imelda Marcos would be a tough act to follow.

That being said, the same "shouldn’t buy if you aren’t going to use," mindset/objection applies to many, many, many other things that have a heavier hand on your life.. Folks looking to flip houses, speculators in the futures (commodities) markets, etc.

I never would’ve guessed that Raymond is a sneaker addict! Plus like Steveshe I’m a little confused about the age quoted in the news article, it would make Raymond about 27 years old today, far too young to work on windows 3.1. I thought Raymond was about 45ish…dunno.

Perhaps the Raymond Chen in the article isn’t the Raymond Chen who writes this blog. I’m pretty sure (although not 100% certain), that Raymond has not got a monopoly on his name. Perhaps the real Raymond Chen can take a step forward?